February 2017
This February, SLUG offers a look into a sometimes unseen but always beloved part of Utah’s local music: the instrument builders and teachers. On the cover, SLUG designer Christian Broadbent crafts a simple and elegant acoustic guitar with a twist, stringing readers through the beloved cities and communities that it upholds.
Review: King Woman – Created in the Image of Suffering
King Woman = Whirr + SubRosa + Royal Thunder … read more
Review: Iron Reagan – Crossover Ministry
Iron Reagan = (This is Hell x Nuclear Assault) / Municipal Waste … read more
Local Review: Valentine And The Regard – Daydream
Valentine And The Regard = Incubus + Connor Oberst … read more
Local Review: The Myster-E – Beautifully Human / The Waiting...
The Myster-E = Aesop Rock + The Fugees + Mos Def … read more
Local Review: Super 78 – Unknown Paintings of Space
Super 78 = Brian Jonestown Massacre + The Cure + The Velvet Underground … read more
Local Review: Strong Words – The Heaviness Needs a Lift
Strong Words = Low + Slow Hollow … read more
Local Review: Muzzle Tung – Administration
Muzzle Tung = Pre-4AD Ariel Pink + The Eurythmics + Casey & His Brother … read more
Local Review: Isaac Haas – Ill Lighted
Isaac Haas = C Slick + Southside + DJ Smokey … read more
Local Review: Aurune – Voyager (A Soundscape to Agartha)
Aurune = Jamie XX + Baths +Gold Panda … read more
Review: Emptyset – Borders
Emptyset = Container + M.E.S.H. + Raime … read more
Review: Bing & Ruth – No Home of the Mind
Bing & Ruth = Eluvium + Jim O’Rourke’s Steamroom series + The Köln Concert … read more
Creature Feature: The Harlot
Outspoken and unapologetic, Wade Leavitt, aka The Harlot, is making waves in the Salt Lake drag community with her big personality and even bigger brows. This beautiful and bearded, Las Vegas–grown queen gives us a glimpse into her fabulous life of inclusivity and self-love. … read more
